Save a Species

Why work with BGCI to save trees?

Conservation planning and project design

  • We work with partners in country to develop a species recovery plan and a five year project plan, including community involvement and benefits
  • We ensure accurate baseline information is in place to guide species recovery and to monitor project progress, including socio-economic measures where relevant

Capacity building

  • We assess capacity gaps and what kind of training is required
  • We provide bespoke training (face to face or online) to partners from BGCI and our network
  • We provide a wide range of technical guidance resources
  • Where necessary, we match the project leader to a mentor from elsewhere in the BGCI network to provide technical support for project implementation

Project implementation

  • We provide project templates to help with project implementation, monitoring and adaptive management
  • We provide guidance throughout the project cycle through regular contact with a BGCI project manager

Communication

  • We provide support to implementing institutions on community engagement
  • We provide regular updates to the funder
  • We stream project news and stories on our website and social media
  • We promote funder’s support to BGCI’s Tree Conservation Fund through our website, social media and traditional media

Monitoring and evaluation

  • We design a monitoring plan for the project, and provide templates for species monitoring and adaptive management
  • We provide training on monitoring and evaluation as needed
  • We ensure that project impacts are monitored and reported to the funder
  • We ensure that the impacts of the project on the species are reported on BGCI’s global tree conservation tracking tool
  • We ensure that project impact is recognised as part of a country’s contribution to the UN Convention on Biological Diversity, SDGs, and other relevant frameworks

Institutional support

  • We ensure that partners are integrated in to BGCI’s regional and technical networks
  • We support development of the partner so they can expand their conservation role in the future, e.g. through BGCI’s Advanced Conservation Practitioner Accreditation Scheme
  • We build awareness of the conservation role of the institution with national government, if needed

Our team

Led by a small team within BGCI, we collaborate with partners across the world.
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Botanic Gardens Conservation International’s work aims to promote and develop a more efficient, cost effective and rational approach to plant conservation in botanic gardens. We will do this by leading and advocating, leading innovative and strategic projects, building plant conservation capacity, and providing funding.

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